Improvement in ironing-tables



UNITED STATES L N'E ELI J. WOLFROM, OF WASHINGTONVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNORTO HIMSELF AND MARIA E. WHITESIDE, OF MARENGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNG-TABLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,133, dated April13, 1875; application filed December 18, 1874.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELI J. WOLFROM, of Washingtonville, in the county ofMahoning and State of Ohio, have invented a new and ImprovedIroning-Board; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure l is a vertical elevation; Fig. 2, an end View; Fig. 3, a planview, with portion of board broken away to show the strips.

This invention relates to certain improvements in ironing-boards; and itconsists in the combination, with an encompassing elastic band, of solidincompressible border-strips, adapted to be forced into grooves in theedges of the ironing-board by means of the said elastic band, for thepurpose of holding the cover on mole securely, the said solid stripsaffording three sides, which engage with the edge of the cover in thegroove with a frictional contact, and thereby holding the cover moresecurely, and without allowing it to wrinkle, as would be the case withan elastic band alone.

In the drawing, A represents the ironingboard, having an attachment, B,at one end, to fasten the board to a table, and a folding leg, 0, at theother, for the purpose of supporting the same. D are transverse pieces,which help to brace the board, and to which the attachment B and legs 0are fastened. E are the grooves upon the edges of the board, in whichlit the strips F, that hold the cover upon the board. The said stripsmay be made of any desirable material, are made to conform to the shapeof the board, and are held in the grooves by an encompassing elasticband, G, as shown in Fig. 2. By means of this arrangement I am enabledto hold the ironing cloth or cover neatly and smoothly upon the board,and in such a manner as to be readily detachable for the purpose ofwashing or renewing the same.- H are longitudinal grooves in the underside of the board, the purpose of which is to counteract the tendency inthe said board to warp,consequent upon the vari' able condition ofmoisture, heat, and dryness upon the upper surface.

I am aware of the fact that a grooved ironing-board has been used withan elastic band to hold the cover on; but an elastic band alone does notafford sufficient frictional resistance to keep the cover secure unlessit be made of great strength, in which event the cover is so wrinkledand puckered. as to be impracticable. I therefore disclaim the broadidea of a groove in the board and an elastic band, and confine myself tothe devices embodied in the claim, whereby the above-describedobjections are avoided.

I do not claim, broadly, the application of wooden strips to a groovedironing board, such combination not being new.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In an ironing-board having grooved edges, the combination, with theencompassing elastic band, of solid non-compressible borderstrips, forthe purpose of afl'ording greater frictional resistance for securing thecover, and to prevent the wrinkling of the same, substantially asdescribed.

' ELI J. VVOLFROM.

Witnesses:

EDWD. W. BYRN, SoLoN G. KEMON.

